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M htm OFFER M?Y BE AOQEPTED. The Morris Amendment Debated in Congress. "Washington, Jan. 8.-The debate upon the Nicaragua canal bill in the house today developed sentiment in favor of giving consideration to the recent offer of the Panama company to fiell its francises and property for $40, 60O.OOO. and this sentiment took the form of advocating the Morris amend ment to empower the president to se? lect the latter route if the canal com? mission, upon considering the compa? ny's offer, recommends it and the re ??ni red concessions can be obtained rom Colombia..- Of 1? members who Spoke nine favored the Morris amend * ment. It was agreed that general de? bate should close tomorrow at 2 O'clock, after which the bili will be <?fr>n to amendment under the five minute rule. . The final vote probably will be taken- tomorrow. The speak? ers tods y were .Messrs.. Shackleford, Mis ouri ; .Parker, New Jersey ; Lover? ing, Massachusetts; Morris. Minne? sota: Burton*. Ohio; Hill, Connecti? cut : Bromweli, Ohio ; Gillett, Massa? chusetts : and Littlejohn, Maine, in favor of the Morris, amendment ; and Messrs. Burgess,. Texas ; Bell, Colo? rado:. Cooney, .Missouri ; Cummings, Kew York. ; Gibson, Tennessee; and Lacy, Iowa, for the bill in its present form Mr. Shackleford of Missouri believed that the Eads Tehuantepec route was preferable to .any which had been pro pos^d. but he did not think the pres eut a time lor caviL He did not like the Panama- route, but if the new proposition of the Panama company offered advantages over the Nicaragua route, he thought the president should have alternative authority : to accept it "If you favor thia bill," interposed Mr. Bartholdi of. Missouri, * ' why is it. that you and your- Democratic col? leagues fromt-Missouri at the last ses? sion voted against ? similar bill?" "Because,!' replied Mr. Shackleford, "toe bi :1 at the last session ' was pass? ed through ibis hou3e to the. tune of rGod Save, the ; Queen.' I want it passed to the sweet ..strains of 'Hail Columbia.' (.Democratic applause). "But the Hay-Panneefote treaty w*s not ratified; at the last session, " Observed Mr; Bartholdi "True it was., not," replied Mr. Shackleford, ? but our English secre? tary cf state wanted it ratified, and because we believed tho wishes of her majesty's representative in the cabinet would prevail we opposed the bilL" .Mr. Lovering of Massachusetts, ?Iso a member of the committee that reported the bill, said that in the past be had favored the Nicaragua route because the engineers had reported in its favor and because until recently he bad believed that the trans-conti? nental railroads were using the Pana? ma route to obstruct action. But he had recently satisfied himself that the railroads were not behind the Panama canal. The recent offer of the Pana? ma company, he believed, was made ?n good faith. If the Panama Canal Company had Offered its property and concessions to the Isthmian Canal Commission before it prepared its report, for the ffnm of ?40,000,000, it is altogether probable that preference would have been given to that route. But Mr. Iru in could not resist the temptation to try to drive a sharp bargain and his preposterous demand foi- $109,000,000 turned the scale decisively in favor of the Nicaragua route. Now the com? pany, having unloaded Mr. Hutin, is eager to accept the smaller sum. Admiral Waiker, president of the com? mission, admits that the new offer puts a different aspect on the canal ques? tion. But the Nicaragua route has received such an impetus from the course of Mr. Hutin that it is^ still doubtful whether the question of the route will now be reconsidered. Cer? tainly the Panama company missed its best opportunity by failing to name a. reasonable sum at first.-Courier Journal. - MIIITi- -n IM ?miBMtm Mrs. Mciver Dead. At 1.15 yesterday Acting Chief Jus? tice Pope announced to the supreme court the receipt of a telegram convey? ing the sad intelligence of the death CS the esteemed wife of Chief Justice Henry Mciver, which had occurred at her home in Cheraw during the morn? ing. On motion of Messrs. P. H. Gadsden ana J. F. Izlar the court immediately a took a recess. Jucige and Mrs. Mciver were mar? ried June 7, 1849. Mrs. Mcivers maiden name was Caroline H. Powe. Sie was a daughter of Dr. Thomas j E. Powe, of Cheraw, who served a I BU m ber of years in the State senate of Benth Carolina. They had eight children, three of whom survive. Two of the children are Mr. Edward Mciver and the wife of Judge R. C. Waits, both of Cheraw. One daughter married the late Edwin F. Malloy and another became the wife of James D. Harden. The third surviving mem? ber of the family is Mr. Thomas Mc? iver who is in the railroad business in Charleston. In 1899 Judge and Mrs. Mciver cel? ebrated their golden wedding.-The State, Jan. 10. i - I ? ?\ BM ? - An Opportunity for Farmers. Pomaria, S. C., Jan. 2. -The spring meeting of the above society will be held in the Auditorium on the Expo? eition Grounds. Charleston, on the 5th day of February next, at 12 o'clock m. In consequence of this meeting, this day L as been sot aside by the Exposi? tion authorities as "Farmers' Day," and the general attendance of the farmers of the State is expected. In addition to the interest attaching to the meeting and the Exposition, the Good Roads Convention will con? vene in Charleston on the 'id and con? tinue through the 7th, February next, and those attending the meetings of the Society can also take in the meet? ings of the Good Roads Congress. This will be quite an interesting convention and one well worth the attendance of all farmers. All members aro urgent? ly invited to attend. Thos. W. Holloway, Secretary. The kangaroo walk has gone ont of style, and as yet it has been impossi? ble to find an animal that is ridiculous enough to set a new style for the kangaroo girls. I Schley Appeals to the President The Admirai Working Hard to Re? verse Judgment of Court. Washington, Jan. 7.-The object of Admiral's Schley's visit to the White House vesterdav was to request the president to entertain and consider an appeal for the reversal of the action of Secretary Lone and the disapproval of the majority judgment of the court of inquiry. The interview^ was satis? factory, the president granting the ad? miral's request. Messrs. Raynor and Teague today will assist Admiral Schley in the preparation of the ap? peal. The interview with the president was arranged in advance and at its conclu? sion Admiral Schley left the White House in a satisfied frame of mind. He had been given a full opportunity to present the case from his standpoint and to acquaint the president with many details of which the latter could not have any knowledge. While Admi? ral Schley would not make any stiate ment regarding the matters discussed, holding that an interview between a naval offier and his commander in chief should be regarded as confident? ial, it is understood that he brought to the president's attention many of the alleged injustices an discrepancies of the majority report of the court of in? quiry. Admiral Schley's interview with the president was the result of his deter? mination to exhaust every means in his power to overturn the judgment which has been rendered against him. His new appeal will be different from that submitted to the navy department bringing out some new facts which have an important bearing upon the controversy. Messrs. Ravnor and Teague,, counsel for Rear Admiral Schley, came over from Baltimore and were closeted for several hours with their client. The following statement was given out by Admiral Schley's counsel at the conclusion of the conference. ' ' Admiral Schley has concluded; af? ter mature and careful deliberation, to appeal from the-majority report of the court of inquiry to the president of the United States as commander in j chief of the army and navy. This ac? tion having been determined upon, nothing more can be divulged at this time, the regulations of the navy be? ing such that the-nature of the pro? posed appeal cannot be revealed except by the president after - formal docu? ments have been filed with him." Mr. Raynor stated that it will take some time to prepare the appeal -and that it will not be filed with the presi? dent until after ihe return of Admiral Schley from his visit to Savannah, about the 20th inst. Attempted Assault in Reidsville. The Fiend Shot and Captured and Now in Jail. Spartanburg, Jan. 9.-Today at Reidsville a negro, giving as his name B. W. Hughes from Greenville, made attempts to criminally assault two lit? tle white school children and also to assault Mrs. E. M. Fowler of that place. This morning the negro accosted the two little white girls as they were on their way to school, but they ran and screamed, thus baffling his purpose. This afternoon at 3 o'clock the same negro entered the home of Mrs; E. M. Fowler and attempted to lay hands on her, but her instant screams summon? ed a man working near by, at whose approach the black fiend fled. Mrs. Fowler's son, C. 0. Fowler, started in search of the' fugitive. He soon found bim in a lonely spot and the two grappled. The negro assault? ed Fowler with an iron rod. Fowler drew his pistol and shot the negro in the neck. His capture was then easy. The negro is now in lock up at Reidsville and will be brought here tomorrow. He got badly wounded. Reidsville is much excited, but no disorder prevails. THE PEOPLE RULE. The Washington Post of yesterday says that there is a concerted move? ment on foot to compel Congress to call a convention to amend the Consti? tution of the United States. Article 5 of the Constitution provides that "Congress, whenever two-thirds of both houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose amendments to tnis Constitution, or, in the application of the Legislatures of two-thirds of the several States, shall cali a convention for proposing amendments, which, in either case, shall be valid to all in? tents and purposes as parts of this Constitution when ratified by the Legislatures of three-fourths of the several States. " The Post says that six States have already officially notified Congress through their Legislatures that a Constitutional Convention is desired. These States are Michigan, Colorado, Montana, Oregon, Idaho and Nevada. In addition it was recently announced that in the Massachusetts Legislature the chairman of the Democratic State Committee had introduced a resolu? tion asking Congress to call a Consti? tutional Convention. It is hardly necessary to say that the object which these States have in a view is to amend the Constitution so as to provide that United States Senators in Congress shall be elected by direct vote of the poeple. Of course, it is net desirable to have such a Constitutional Conven? tion, but if the United States still refuses, in opposition to a widespread demand, to take the initiative and submit to the people an amendment providing for this change, the Legis? latures of the several States may take matters into their own hands.- -Rich? mond Times. A GOOD ?OCOMHElTEATIOtf. i-I have noticed that tlie sale on Cham? berlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets is almost invariably to those who have once used them," says Mr J H Weber, a promi? nent druggist of Cascade. Iowa. What better recommendation could any medi? cine have than for people to call for it when again in need of such a remedy *: Try them when you feel dull after eating, when you have a had taste in the month, feel billious, have no appetite or when troubled with constipation, and you are certain to be delighted with the prompt relief which they afford. For sale by Dr A J China. CENSUS DEPARTMENT DISCUSSED. Permanent Bureau to be Institut? ed-To Reduce Force. Washington, Jan. IO.-The bouse spent the day considering the Hopkins bill to create a permanent census bu? rean. While the general sentiment was in favor of a permanent bureau there was strong opposition to the bill as drawn on the ground that it was not well matured. There also was an overwhelming demand for a pro? vision to place the present employes of the census bureau under the protec? tion of the civil service law and the bili was finally recommitted with in? structions to report back a bill con? taining a plan for a detailed organiza? tion of a permanent census bureau to include also a provision to place the present employes under hte civil ser? vice rules. The fight tc recommit wras made under the leadership of Mr. Burkett, of Nebraska, the new member of the appropriations committee. A bill was unanimously passed to give Mrs. McKinley the free mailing privilege during the remainder of her life. The house then adqjourned until Monday. In the discussion of the census bill, Mr. Hopkins of Illinois said that 3,480 clerks had been employed in the bureau, 2,700 being still employed. If the pending bill' passed, he said, the force would be reduced this vear to 800: next year to 750, in 1905 to 240, and thereafter until 1910 " to 200. He was besieged by members who wanted to know the status of the present clerks in the event of the passage of the bill. He said if the bill passed it was hoped the other departments could absorb the present temporary clerks. They could then be placed under the protection of th6 civil ser? vice rules. Mr. Burkett, of Nebaska, opposed the bill, saying it had not been ma? tured. He pointed out that a salary of $7,500. was voted to the director of census on the ground of the temporary character of the employment and the great responsibility. This - bill pro? posed to continue this salary, f?e pointed out that the experts whose services it was claimed was so neces? sary to retain had been detailed from the various departments. Mr. Maddox, of Georgia, opposed in toto the plan of a permanent census bureau. Mr. Fleming, of Georgia, and others discussed the bill and Mr. Hemenway of Indiana offered an amendment to provide that persons now employed in the census bureau not including jani? tors snail be eligible to appointment in other departments' wthout examina ton or certification by the civil service commission upon the recommendation of the head of such department. The Hemenway amendment was adopted. The bill was then recommit? ted and the house adjourned. Children Especially Liable. Burns, bruises and cuts are extremely painful and if neglected often- result in blood poisoning. Children are especially liable to such mishaps because not so careful. As a remedy Dewitt's Witch Hazel Salve is unequalled. Draws out the fire, stops the pain, soon heals the wound. Beware of counterfeits. Sure cure for piles. "Dewitt's Witch Hazel Salve cured my baby of eczema after two physicians gave her up," writes James Mock, N Webster, Ind. "The sores were so bad she soiled two to five dresses a day." J S Hughson & Co. DUN'S WEEKLY REVIEW. New York, Jan. 10.-R. G. Dun & Co's. Weekly Review of Trade tomor? row will say: Of the unprecedented holiday business ended, transporting facilties are more nearly adequate for regular requirements. Merchandise moves to consumers more promptly, and in the iron region there is less in? terruption to work because of insuffi? cient fuel. Normal conditions have by no means returned, however, and it will be some time before shippers can safely guarantee deliveries on a specified date. Buying of staple commodities is on a large scale, fully sustaining quotations at a high level, except in the few instances where efforts were made to hold prices above the point warranted by the ratio of needs to supplies. Labor controver? sies are few and unimportant, wh?e the new year has brought advances in the rate of wages at many points. Holiday idleness, inventories and annual overhaulings were all cut down to the lowest possible limit at iron and steel plants in the effort to meet urgent demands from customers. Al? though railways largely augmented supplies of rolling stock during 1901, contracts for this year's delivery al? ready aggregate many months full ca? pacity of shops. Activity continues at cotton mills, although domestic buying is on a moderate scale. Exporters are bid? ding freely for heavy goods, but as a | rule fall short of holders' views, and little new business is recorded. Reports of unfavorable weather in winter wheat regions stimulated prices, and there was further support in the general resumption of activity at flour mills, together with added in? quiry for foreign account. Corn was fairly well held in sympa? thy with wheat, but some soft spots developed, as was natural in view of the fact that the price is now more than HO per cent, higher than a year ago. Cotton was depressed by liberal receipts, though foreign conditions have improved, and the quotation is almost $10 a bale lower than at this time last year. Failures for The week numbered 573 | in the United States against 324 last j year, and '2~ in Canada against .">" last vea r. Washington, Jan. 10. The sub-corn- ? mittee <>f the senate committee on com? merce having charge of the ship subsidy bill spent about three hours today in going over the report on that bill which has been prepared by Senator Frye. The report is a very volumi? nous document and the sub-committee decided to have it printed before act? ing upon it. It is expected that it will bb accepted at a meeting of the sub? committee which will be held early next week, and Senator Frye hopes to secure the favorable action of the full committee when it meets next Thurs? day. The report includes a careful analysis of the bill and explains in great detail the effects of its various provisions. TOBACCO CULTURE SUCCESSFUL Fiiiers and Wrappers Raised in U. S. are as Good as Any. Washinilton, Jan. 10.-At the cabi? net meeting today Secretary Wilson explained what had been done by his departments in the way of experiments in raising tobacco. He stated that it had been fnlly demonstrated that we could raise in this countrvy all the wrapper tobacco necessary for domestic use and of a quality second to none. In every particular it was as fine as could be grown in Cuba or any other country. Last year 10 acres of filler tobacco had been successfully raised in Pennsylvania of a very high grade, and during the coming, season exten? sive experiments would be made in raising high grade filler in Ohio, Texas, North Carolina and California. Last year the imports of wrapper to? bacco into the Uinted States amount? ed to 86,000,000 and of filler $8,000, 000. In a short time the secretary said we would be able to supply our own wrapper and filler of a grade that would challenge the best grown any? where in the world. A few prospective appointments were talked over and it is understood that the only one decided upon was that of Mr. Elliott, collector of cus? toms at Newport News, Va., the pres? ent occupant of that office. YIELD OF WHEAT. Washington, Jan. 10.-The statisti? cian of the department of agriculture estimates the average yield per acre of wheat in the United States in 1901 at 14.8 bushels, as compared with 12 3 bushels in 1900, 12.3 bushels in 1899, 15.3 bushels, the mean of the averages of the last 10 years. The newly seeded area of winter wheat is provisionally estimated at j 32,000,000 acres, an increase of 58 per cent, upon the area estimated to have been sown in the fall of 1900. A Warning From New York. In his first message to the Board of Aldermen, Mayor Seth Low referred to the - Tammany system of govern? ment as a system of 1' blackmail" and "shakedown" and"rake-off," calling for the illegitimate payment of money at every turn. This system existed for so long under Tammany rule that the officials of government actually came tc be!'eve that it was perfectly right and proper for those who had charge of the government to use the public revenues and all other advan? tages of position to put money into their purses. Public office with these people was legitimate spoil, and this man and that was privately "assess? ed," and the general public taxed for the enrichment of the officers and their friends. But this vicious system is not con? fined to New York. It is openly charged in the city of Richmond that members of the Council have used heir official position for the promotion of their own selfish schemes, and other? wise for profit to themselves. We do not make this charge, because we have no proof to sustain it, and it is most difficult to obtain absolute proof in a case of this character. But the Rich? mond City Council should be above suspicion, and if the people of this community would save their govern? ment from the "rake-off" and "shake? down" system, they must select as their representatives men who are known to be honest and patriotic, and bomb-proof against the wiles of the bribe-giver. ? If we tolerate in any form this vicious system, or if we tolerate councilmen who are reasonably under suspicion, be sure the system will grow apace, and the number of coun? cilmen who believe in the "rake-off and shake-down" will increase from year to year until the system will be as well established in Richmond as it was established under Tammany rule in New York.-Richmond Times. "Uncle TomVFabifFNot Wanted in Lexington. Lexington, Ky., Jan. 10.-Lexing? ton chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy, has sent a written peti? tion to Charles B. Scott, manager of the Lexington opera house, asking that the play, "Uncle Tom's Cabin" never be played again in* the opera house here. Thev give as reasons that the -best citizens and old families in and about Lexington were once slave own? ers; that the incidents of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" are not typical of the slave life in the south but of isolated cases: that the production and its advertisements with bloodhounds and pictures of an old negro in chains and a slave owner with a whip in hand present a false idea of the history of the times to the children of the city and are in disrespect to the southern gentlemen and good citizens and their families in this part of the country. The petition was signed by four of the most prominent women of the chapter and is endorsed unanimously by the mothers. It bas created a sensation here. A Profitable Investment. 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These resolutions, after declaring the most natural line of transportation for the x>roducts of the northwestern States and for the trade of the Orient destined for the north, middle and eastern States, is along the route followed by the Northern Pa? cific railroad, proceeds as follows: "It is the sense of this meeting, therefore, that in resisting the at? tempts of the Union Pacific railroad 1 and its allies on the one hand and j the Canadian Pacific railroad and its | feeders on the other, to secure control of the Northern Pacific railroad, I James J. Hill has performed a nota? ble public service and once more dis? played the far-sighted and business? like policy that has characterized his long career as the great developer of the northwestern resources and the most watchful guardian of northwest interests." These resolutions were adopted be? fore Mr. Hill's arrival, but later an attempt was made to rescind them. This failed, however, and they stood as the expression of the convention. A GOOD FARM STORY. The Charleston News and Courier is famous for its stories of wonderful achievements by South Carolina farm? ers, but it has also a reputation for reliability that causes most of these reports to pass at par. One of the latest of the series tells of a Mr. W. M, Goodson, a Darlington County farmer, who cleared above all ex? penses last year $1,440 on two-and-a half acres of tobacco. We are not surprised to learn that Mr. Goodson's phenomenal success with his last year's tobacco patch has caused many farmers to begin tobacco culture. It is not probable that many of them will make any such record as Mr. Goodson did, but they can fall far below that and still do mighty well. _ There is undoubtedly much fine land in South Carolina adapted to the pro? duction of high-grade tobacco. South Carolina also has some very enterprising farmers and every time one of them makes a remarkable hit the News and Courier is likly to get wind of it and make it famous. A prominent newspaper can do much to encourage the development of the state in which it is published and it can hardly find better business than is open to it in that line.-Atlanta Jour? nal. CHILD "STOATS HXLLX02TS. "My child is worth millions to. me," says Mrs Mary Bird of Harrisburg, Pa, "yet I would have lost her by croup had I not purchased a bottle of One Minute Cough Cure." One Minute Cough Cure is sure cure for coughs, croup and throat and lang troubles. An absolutely safe cough cure which acts immediately. The youngest child can take it with entire safety. The little ones like the taste and remember how often it helped them. Ev? ery family should have a bottle of One Minute Cough Cure handy. At this sea? son especially it may be needed 'suddenly. J S Hughson & Co. A Formal Offer by Canal Company Washington, Jan. 10.-Admiral Walker, chairman of the isthmian canal commission today stated that he had received a cablegram from the officers of the Panama Canal company, in Paris, making a formal offer to sell all of their property in connection with the Panama canal to the United States for $40,000,000. M. Lampre, the secretary general of the company, who is in Washington, stated that the cablegram was exjjlicit and covered all the property owned by his company in Panama and that a copy of the cable? gram had been filed with the Ameri cian ambassador in Paris. Admiral Walker said that he would call the members of the isthmian canal com? mission together as soon as possible and lay the matter before them, when a report will be made to the president through the secretary of State. A significant thing about the elec? tion of Thomas Estrada Palma, first president of Cuba, is that the news of that electon was carried to him by a New York reporter and that he gave out his first proclamation of his inten? tions from his home in Central Val? ley, Orange County, where he is earn? ing a living for his family as a school teacher. It is reliably stated that American manufacturers are still treating Hawaii as foreign territory in that they sell goods there at a much lower price than they do at home, and that goods have actually been sold in Hawaii, reshipped to this country by the purchasers and sold at a profit in our markets. The idea seems to be that our manufactures must be allow? ed to make an enormous profit at home in order to be able to sell cheaply abroad. Instead of the foreigner pav? ing the tariff, the home consumer ap? pears to pay it both a'goin' and a'comin. ' State Labor Commissioner Yarner says that in miscellaneous factories in North Carolina, embracing all save cotton and woolen mills, there are 11, 766 empdyees, of whom only -i?2 are under 14 years of age. The average day's work is IOU hours: highest av? erage wages, ^2.OS a. day: lowest, 5S cents: s-2 per cent of adult employes can read and write, lt is clear that the sentiment in favor of compulsory education is overwhelming, as 84 per j per cent of the farmers favor it. Jackson, Miss., dan. 10.- The State senate passed a joint resolution endors? ing the decision of Admiral Dewey in tiie Schley court of inquiry and de? claring that no text books should be used in the schools in this State "that give to any other officer than Admiral Sen ley credit for the victory of Santiago." * The resolution goes to the house for concurrence. 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